Lantern-holder.



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(Application file@ Dec. 26, 1901.)

(No Model.)

' @mime/aaai @Hoff/neg UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

HENRY H. HHTcHiNs, oF GANGES, MICHIGAN.

LANTERN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 711,501, dated October 21, 1902.

i Application filed December 26, 1901. Serial No. 87,365. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known lthat I, HENRY H. I-IUTcHINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ganges, in the county of Allegan and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lantern-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in lantern-holders and its object is to adapt the device to various sizes and styles of lanterns, to provide a simple and cheap device, to avoid risk of accidental detachment of the lantern, and to provide` the device with various new and useful `features hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. Y

My invention consists, essentially, of a body having iexible arms to embrace the lantern and having elastic fastenings to secure the lantern between said arms and means for,

p detachably securing said holder to a vehicle,

building, or other support, as will more fully appear by reference to the accompanyingv drawings, in which'- Figure l isa front elevation of my device with a lanternA supported'thereby; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a plan view of the'same ;V Fig. 4, a detail showing the halfclip secured to a flat surface, and Fig. 5 a detail of the lantern-holder detached from the lantern and clip.

Like letters refer tolike parts in all the figures.

A represents asuitable body having diverging and forwardly-curved arms B B at one end to embrace the upper part of the lan-v tern and similararms C C at the other end to embrace the lower part of the lantern. To one of the arms B is attached one end of a contractile spring E, and to the other end of this spring is attached a chain G. The other arm B terminates in a hook B to engage the Various links ofthe chain as occasion requires. lThe lower arms C C are provided in like manner with a spring F, chain H, and hook C.

To vertically support the lantern, a hook I is pivotally attached to the arms O near the -any rattling or looseness of the parts. wedge D fits closely in the socket and at the lower end of the body A and isy adapted to y engage with the bottom flange ofthe lantern.

D is a wedge-shaped portion of the body A, the same being widest at the top and adapted to engage a correspondingly-tapered socket J, having a verticalv opening at the front topermit insertion of the body A and pivotally attached to a clip at J K is the front part of the clip, and L the rear part of the same, which parts are secured to each other by bolts M and are attached to any suitable post, pole, or other support, as occasion may require. The front half ofthe clip only may also beused, securing the same to Aany wall or plane surface by screws N, as in Fig. 4f.

I prefer to construct the clip and socket of sheet metal and the body and arms of wire, as shown, twisting two wirestogether to form the body A, bending the respective ends outward and forward to form the described flexible arms B B and CC, and forming awedgeshaped loop D near the middle of the wires, as shown.

I also prefer the coiled-wire spring and chain, as shown; but I do not limit myself to the preciseconstruction shown, it being obvious that various modications can be' .made and used without departing from the springs F. and F will preventdetachment of the chains from the hooks and will prevent The same time is readily detached therefrom Without removing the holder from the lantern. The socket turns on the pivot, and thus adapts lthe clip to engage any support, whether vertical, horizontal, or inclined, and at the same time to maintain the lantern inan upright position. The half-clip is readily attached to any plane surface when occasion requires, and the entire device is cheap, easily constructed, light, and serviceable.

` Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of two wires formed IOC into a Wedge-shaped loop near the middle and twisted together at each side of the loop and having their ends forming diverging arms, means for securing a lantern to said arms, and a tapered socket having an open side to receive the twisted wires, and adapted to engage and hold the loop, substantially as described.

2. The combination of two wires formed into a wedge-shaped loop and twisted together at each side of the loop and having diverging and forwardly-bent arms, hooks on the ends ot' two of said arms, springs attached to the other two arms, and chains attached to the springs and adapted to engage the hooks, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a lantern-holder, a socket to detachably secure the same, and a clip divided transversely into two separate parts attached to each other by bolts, and one of said parts pivotally attached to the socket,

whereby the holder may be attached to a support by a part, or by the whole of the clip, substantially as described.

4c. The combination of two wires twisted together to form a body, and separated near the middle to form a loop, and having their ends forming two pairs of dverging and forwardly-bent arms one of each pair having a hook at the end, a contractile spring attached to each of the other arms, a chain attached to each spring, a hook attached to the lower pair of arms, and a socket to detachably engage and hold the loop, and pivotally attached to a support, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. HUTCHINS.

Witnesses:

FRANK W. WADE, PRosPER PHILLIPS. 

